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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIOE,

ENOOH E. MORSE, OE BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN BURGLAR-PROOF SAFES.

Specification forming part of 'Letters Patent No. 169,567, dated November 2, 1875; application filed September 15, 1875.

To all 4whom. it may concern:

Be it known that I, ENOOH R. MORSE, ot' Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improve ment in Burglar-Proof Safes, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, iu which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a burglarproof safe constructed in accordance With Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the same with the door open. Fig. 3 is a vertical section through the same in place within a fire-proof vault. y

The doors of burglar-proof safes have heretofore been so made as to close within the front ofthe safe; but this construction is objec tionable, for the reason that when a wedge is introduced at the joint between them, the strain is exerted in the direction of the length of the door-bolt situated on the side where the wedge is entered, and, consequently, the bolt offers no resistance thereto.

My present invention has for its purpose to overcome the abovementioned objection; and consists in a safe-door provided with one or more steps77 or iianges arranged to fit over corresponding steps o1I tlanges projecting from the front of the body ot' the safe, whereby the lille of the joint between them is located away from the front surface ofthe door, so that, should a wedge be inserted at the joint, the strain would be exerted in a direction at lright angles to the length of the bolts, the safe being placed Within a tire-proof casing, which covers the joint of the door and renders itinaccessible.

To enable others skilled in lthe art to understand and use my invention, I will proceed to describe the manner in which I have carried it out.

In the said drawings, A is the body of the safe, and B its outer door. The inner side of this door is provided with two steps or au ges, a c, projecting out at right angles thereto, and extending around it at and near itsouter edge, which fit' over corresponding steps or anges b b, projecting from the front of the body of the safe, by which construction the line of the joint c, between the body and the door, is removed away from the front surface of the door, and should a wedge be entered at this joint, the bolts d will resist the strain, as it is applied in a direction at right angles to their length, which is not the case where a wedge is inserted at the joint of the door of a safe, as heretofore constructed.

A When the above-described safe is placed within a tire-proof vault or casing, C, the line of the joint c is located within or back of the front edge dof the casing C, which thus covers the joint and renders it inaccessible, whereby much greater security is aforded against burglars than heretofore.

I do not confine myself to the number of steps or ianges on the door or on the body of the safe.

What 1 claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A burglar-proof'safe having a door, B, provided with one or more flanges, a, arranged to t over corresponding anges b, projecting from the front of the body A of the safe, whereby the line of the joint between them is located away or back from the front surface of the'door, in combination with the casing C, extending in front of or covering the joint c, substantially as and for thepurpose described.

Witness my hand this 11th day of September, A. D. 1875. A

ENOGH R. MORSE.

In presence of- N. W. STEARNS, W. J. CAMBRIDGE'. 

